19th February 1994
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Thumper Tribute
| DEMU's Used | 205028 & 205029 |
Route : 1Z24 throughout
| DEMU | Route |
| 205028 + 205029 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Ash Vale - Alton - Alresford |
| 205029 + 205028 | Alresford - Alton - Aldershot - Ash - Guildford - Haslemere - Havant - Cosham - Fareham - St Denys - Southampton - Redbridge - Romsey - Dean - Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on-Avon - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads |
| 205028 + 205029 | Bristol Temple Meads - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Chippenham - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - Reading - Earley - Bracknell - Ascot - Virginia Water - Staines - Feltham - Hounslow - Barnes - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) A
tour which took Class 205 'Hampshire Units' back to their old stamping grounds
and included a though trip onto the Mid-Hants railway.
Source : Nigel Benning
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Photo Review

205028 nearest camera at Alresford (photo: Nick Blyth)

205029 at Guildford (photo: Nick Blyth)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Benning)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 0.00 | London Waterloo | 08.20d | 08.21 |
| 3.74 | Clapham Junction | 08.27a ~ 08.28d | 08.30 ~ 08.31 |
| 7.19 | Wimbledon | 08/33 | ? |
| 9.62 | New Malden | 08/35 | ? |
| 12.03 | Surbiton | 08/38 | ? |
| 13.34 | Hampton Court Jn | 08/39 | ? |
| 24.27 | Woking | 08/51 | ? |
| 24.62 | Woking Jn | 08/52 | ? |
| 27.79 | Brookwood | 08/57 | ? |
| 29.48 | Pirbright Jn | 08/58 | ? |
| 32.38 | Ash Vale | 09/03 | ? |
| 33.40 | Aldershot North Jn | 09/11 | ? |
| 35.00 | Aldershot | 09/13 | ? |
| 38.06 | Farnham | 09/18 | ? |
| 46.66 | Alton | 09.35a ~ 09.40d | 09.33 ~ 09.41 |
| 49.71 | Brookwood Lane | 09/48 | ? |
| 51.20 | Medstead & Four Marks | 09/52 | ? |
| 53.23 | Rookwood Lane | 09/56 | ? |
| 54.2 | Ropley | 09/59 | ? |
| 55.45 | Bighton Lane | 10/02 | ? |
| 56.76 | Alresford | 10.06a ~ 11.23d | 10.08 ~ 11.24 |
| 58.27 | Bighton Lane | 11/27 | ? |
| 59.46 | Ropley | 11/30 | ? |
| 60.49 | Rookwood Lane | 11/34 | ? |
| 62.52 | Medstead & Four Marks | 11/39 | ? |
| 64.01 | Brookwood Lane | 11/43 | ? |
| 67.06 | Alton | 11.50a ~ 12.00d | 11.50 ~ 12.01 |
| 71.75 | Bentley | 12/07 | ? |
| 75.66 | Farnham | 12/14 | ? |
| 78.72 | Aldershot | 12/19 | ? |
| 80.32 | Aldershot North Jn | 12/21 | ? |
| 80.74 | Aldershot South Jn | 12/23 | ? |
| 81.57 | Ash | 12/25 | ? |
| 87.64 | Guildford | 12p33a ~ 12p48d | 12.33 ~ 12.49 |
| 88.79 | Shalford Jn | 12/51 | ? |
| 100.36 | Haslemere | 13/06 | ? |
| 112.28 | Petersfield | 13/16 | ? |
| 123.72 | Havant | 13c31 ~ 13c32 | 13.28 ~ 13.32 |
| 128.69 | Farlington Jn | 13/38 | ? |
| 127.35 | Cosham Jn | 13/41 | ? |
| 127.42 | Cosham | 13/43 | ? |
| 133.57 | Fareham | 13/51 | ? |
| 146.24 | St. Denys | 14/09 | ? |
| 147.29 | Northam Jn | 14/12 | ? |
| 148.33 | Southampton | 14c17 ~ 14c18 | 14.10 ~ 14.18 |
| 150.24 | Redbridge | 14/28 | ? |
| 155.57 | Romsey | 14/35 | ? |
| 163.20 | Dean | 14/45 | ? |
| 171.11 | Tunnel Jn | 14/54 | ? |
| 172.18 | Salisbury | 14p57a ~ 15p15d | 15.05 ~ 15.16 |
| 174.12 | Wilton Jn | 15/18 | ? |
| 192.08 | Warminster | 15/46 | ? |
| 196.61 | Westbury | 15p56a ~ 16p10d | 15.55 ~ 16.10 |
| 197.26 | Hawkeridge Jn | 16/12 | ? |
| 202.05 | Bradford Jn | 16/20 | ? |
| 211.27 | Bathampton Jn | 16/30 | ? |
| 213.43 | Bath Spa | 16/33 | ? |
| 224.22 | North Somerset Jn | 16/42 | ? |
| 224.54 | Bristol East Jn | 16/43 | ? |
| 224.78 | Bristol Temple Meads | 16p44a ~ 16p59d | 16.46 ~ 17.00 |
| 225.22 | Bristol East Jn | 17/00 | ? |
| 225.54 | North Somerset Jn | 17/01 | ? |
| 236.33 | Bath Spa | 17/10 | ? |
| 238.49 | Bathampton Jn | 17/13 | ? |
| 247.14 | Thingley Jn | 17/20 | ? |
| 249.28 | Chippenham | 17/22 | ? |
| 260.17 | Wootton Bassett Jn | 17/31 | ? |
| 266.01 | Swindon | 17*36 ~ 17*46 | 17.44 ~ 17.48 |
| 276.65 | Uffington | 17/56 | ? |
| 290.14 | Didcot Parkway | 18/05 | ? |
| 307.26 | Reading General | 18p24a ~ 18p46d | 18.32 ~ 18.46 |
| 307.64 | Reading New Jn | 18/47 | ? |
| 308.23 | Reading Spur Jn | 18/48 | ? |
| 310.18 | Earley | 18/50 | ? |
| 314.11 | Wokingham | 18/55 | ? |
| 321.63 | Ascot | 19/06 | ? |
| 327.47 | Virginia Water | 19/12 | ? |
| 331.60 | Staines | 19/18 | ? |
| 337.27 | Feltham Jn | 19/25 | ? |
| 338.25 | Hounslow | 19/27 | ? |
| 344.58 | Barnes | 19/35 | ? |
| 347.71 | Clapham Junction | 19.40a ~ 19.42d | 19.56 ~ ??.?? |
| 349.15 | Queenstown Road | 19/45 | ? |
| 351.65 | London Waterloo | 19.55a | ? |